Women working more since pandemic

Women working more since pandemic

Up next

Deadly Ebola virus spreads

An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo was announced by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. Ebola is a serious disease caused by a virus caught from wild animals and is usually found in certain parts of Africa. It spreads from person to per ...  Show more

Hantavirus ship evacuated

All passengers have now left the Dutch cruise ship, MV Hondius after a voyage that lead to the death of three passengers from hantavirus. The virus is usually found in rats. One passenger is thought to have caught the virus while birdwatching in Ushuaia, Argentina, where the ship ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Women in the workplace
6 Minute English

Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace 

How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)
How to Be a Better Human

There are more opportunities for women in the workplace today than there ever have been. But with stagnant wage gaps, limited parental leave, and enduring bias in recruitment, have modern businesses changed THAT much?? Gender equity expert Sara Sanford says there's work to do–and ...  Show more

How to get workplace gender equity now (with Sara Sanford)
How to Be a Better Human

There are more opportunities for women in the workplace today than there ever have been. But with stagnant wage gaps, limited parental leave, and enduring bias in recruitment, have modern businesses changed THAT much?? Gender equity expert Sara Sanford says there's work to do–and ...  Show more

Why the Highest Paying Jobs So Rarely Go to Women
HBR IdeaCast

Companies pay disproportionately high salaries to CEOs and other high-powered professionals willing to live and breathe their jobs, on-call 24/7, ready to pick up and travel. It's a phenomenon Harvard historian and economist Claudia Goldin calls "greedy work" and she says it's a ...  Show more